The marines are deploying based on evidence of chemical weapons use that is denied by Assad and his regime. (Iraq anyone?)

Three hundred US Marines have been deployed to northern Jordan to pave the way for the West to arm Syrian rebels. A Patriot anti-aircraft missile
system, designed to protect Jordanian territory from attack by Assad missiles, has also been moved into the area. The deployment, seen by The Times
north of Al-Mafraq, has been put in place under cover of a military training exercise being held this week, but it will remain there for months.

and Russia is striking back by saying it will still back the Assad regime and finalize the delivery of promised weapons. This sounds a lot like
Afghanistan all over again.

The Kremlin opposes any international action against its longtime client, Mr. Assad. Russian officials have said they plan to fulfill a 2010 contract
for the S-300 missiles as a way to deter potential outside military intervention in the Syrian civil war. Western powers and Israel have opposed the
sale of the system. Both Moscow and the U.S. are pushing the warring sides in Syria to enter peace talks in the coming months.

No, we're on the ground in Jordan. There are no troops on the ground in Syria, the plan is to train the rebels in Jordanian territory near the
border, and then send them back to Syria. The Jordanian government has said that none of the Eager Lion forces will remain after the exercise
ends.

wow that was fast...almost as if they were there before obama pledged support...

my first "prediction" on ATS:
20 years or so down the road a rouge element will attack US interests.
These people will be the current youth of syria who will witness the atrocities brought on by the developing conflict and effected personally by war
crimes that were not reported by manning in a way that will cause them to hate and want to destroy the youth of America whom are not even born yet.

that is, providing that America can keep up this bs charade another 20 years...

on a different note, best wishes and prayers to ALL in the region, my hope is these actions wont escalate into a wider more dangerous conflict.

No, we're on the ground in Jordan. There are no troops on the ground in Syria, the plan is to train the rebels in Jordanian territory near the
border, and then send them back to Syria. The Jordanian government has said that none of the Eager Lion forces will remain after the exercise
ends.

edit on 6/14/2013 by Zaphod58 because: (no reason given)

^^ This.

300 marines is not a fighting force. Anyone who thinks the US is going to invade Syria with 300 marines is utterly clueless.

It's easy to tell the people in this thread who know absolutely nothing about modern warfare.

This is the standard line we always get before a 'conflict'. Marines are on the ground and ready, etc ,etc...when we know damn well we have been in
Syria for months. Those who know about warfare would know that, right? That is what the thread was about not to say we are going to end it with 300
Marines.

Obama publically gave the order for weapons but is that not who we were supplying from Libya with those arms shipments through the State Department.
AQ?

And 300 Marines wouldn't be what is on the ground in Syria now. There is absolutely no reason for them to try to hide troops being there with 300
Marines in Jordan considering how much we know about previous Special Ops missions through the years.

Only way 300 Marines would be invading Syria is if they were all Force Recon. And even then it wouldn't really be an invasion only covert ops to take
out specific targets. It would be akin to saying we invaded Pakistan when we took out Osama. The troops are only there for training and logistical
support to show the Syrian rebels how to use their new weapons without a lot of collateral damage or killing themselves and each other.

Some people don't quite grasp the reality of situations before they run off sensationalizing things and making it out to be something it isn't. A
little research into military strategy and tactics would go a long way. And no watching Hollywood war movies doesn't count.

Only way 300 Marines would be invading Syria is if they were all Force Recon. And even then it wouldn't really be an invasion only covert ops to take
out specific targets. It would be akin to saying we invaded Pakistan when we took out Osama. The troops are only there for training and logistical
support to show the Syrian rebels how to use their new weapons without a lot of collateral damage or killing themselves and each other.

Some people don't quite grasp the reality of situations before they run off sensationalizing things and making it out to be something it isn't. A
little research into military strategy and tactics would go a long way. And no watching Hollywood war movies doesn't count.

No, we're on the ground in Jordan. There are no troops on the ground in Syria, the plan is to train the rebels in Jordanian territory near the
border, and then send them back to Syria. The Jordanian government has said that none of the Eager Lion forces will remain after the exercise
ends.

edit on 6/14/2013 by Zaphod58 because: (no reason given)

^^ This.

300 marines is not a fighting force. Anyone who thinks the US is going to invade Syria with 300 marines is utterly clueless.

It's easy to tell the people in this thread who know absolutely nothing about modern warfare.

edit on 14/6/13 by Sankari because:
typo...

Don't tell that to a marine!...

Seriously though, aiding the rebels is a bad ideal. We'll be in another war before it's all said and done, I can't believe our leaders! What's in
this for us dose anyone know?

providing that America can keep up this bs charade another 20 years...

20 yrs?

Nope. Too many people in the US waking up and too many Nations being attacked thus the creation of enemies within and abroad. Too many around the
World saying "BIG BROTHER USA...ENOUGH!!!!!"

20 yrs? I would be surprised and more than angry if it went that long. Because if it did, the entire US population will long have been incarcerated or
threatened with incarceration in the Fema camps and have had all their property and money stolen like that of each and every single illegal occupation
Globally by the US War Machine.

I'm guessing 20 weeks. 20 Months at the outside. People have had enough of the killing machine and if the US citizens don't do it from within, the
World will step up and do it themselves out of their own self preservation.

300 might be about the right number to have as a quick reaction force to cross the border with the throttles on everything fire walled if the storage
and containment of Syria's chemical weapons changes.

They'd only need to take and hold one spot and Assad wouldn't be the one attacking. Not right away anyway. The U.S. has made clear, we'll "take"
the chemical storage facilities before seeing them fall into the hands of disparate groups of FSA rebels. Those little terrorists would use them on
Israel, I'd be willing to bet. World War III. Just add the loss of the wrong Syrian facility to rebels. Just one time. It's a dangerous game, IMO.
Real dangerous.

It would also be a tripwire force. If it got badly mauled in some support effort or what I mentioned above? Like the Koreas on a larger scale, the
losses would justify the real force to follow. Just one possible way to look at it......

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